60-yr woman raped, killed; accused arrested
A 60-year-old woman was raped and murdered in Majnu Ka Tila area of north Delhi. The police has arrested a 45-year-old man, Achchhey Lal. Lal had earlier been acquitted in a rape case in 2007.
CNG, piped cooking gas prices are hiked
Soon after the petrol price hike, the rates of compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped cooking gas have been raised to `29 per kg and `18.95 per standard cubic meter (scm) respectively in the national
Govt may bring ordinance to stem graft
The government, in the dock over a series of scams, is contemplating bringing in an ordinance to put in place a mechanism to fight corruption at all levels.
Govt plans onion reserve for 2011Amit Agnihotri
Caught unawares by the sharp hike in retail onion prices on December 20 last year, when the vegetable sold for `70-80 per kg, up from `30-40 per kg just a day before, and the political fallout it can
Passengers spend 8 hrs in aircraft
National carrier Air India on Saturday apologised to passengers of a delayed flight — that was to operate from New Delhi to Chicago — after passengers were kept waiting inside the stationary aircraft
Sibal announces slew of measures to boost image
In an attempt to give a boost to the image of ministry of communications and IT which has been under intense attack in recent days, Mr Kapil Sibal on Saturday announced a slew of measures to be rolled
Blunt forehead injury led to Aarushi death
The CBI probe into the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case has revealed that the 14-year-old daughter of dentist couple died due to blunt injury caused on her forehead.
CBI clueless about ‘crucial paper’
A mysterious “chit” allegedly laying the foundation for the much-hyped Sohrabuddin “fake encounter” case which has already taken the cap of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s most trusted lieutena
Survey on AFSPA lands MHA in soup
The Union home ministry is in a bind over its own survey conducted amongst serving and retired servicemen who have favoured continuation of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in
NDA says firm on JPC demand
NDA convenor Sharad Yadav on Saturday declared that the NDA is firm on its demand for a joint parliamentary probe (JPC) into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.